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Robinia, they would grow quicker and flower sooner ; but this is not 

 necessar}'', for even if grown near a thick-foliaged tree tliey will soon 

 bring their branches to the outside for the light. But besides climl)ing 

 Roses, there is another way in which Eoses may be combined with 

 trees to great advantage, viz. by planting some of the taller-growing 

 bushes in rough grassy places. These would grow from 6 feet to 10 

 feet high, and would flower well iu such a position. For such a 

 purpose the old Dutch Apple Rose (Rosa villosa var. pomifera) Avould 

 be verj' suitable, and so would R. cinnamomea, R. fraxinifolia, R. 

 sallica, R. rubifolia, and the common monthlv China. And if "rowers 

 would rear the perpetual and other Roses by autumnal cuttings instead 

 of by budding, they might have hundreds and thousands of fine Roses 

 which would do well planted in the woods and plantations. 



Another correspondent, Mr. Greenwood Vim, writes refer- 

 ring to the preceding note : — 



I have two large exotic Hawthorns — round-headed standards, 

 growing close together, so that their edges touch, forming, as it were, 

 two gentle hills with a valley between, and sloping down to within 

 about 6 ft. of the lawn. Of these one is Crataegus Crus-galli ; the 

 other C. tanacetifolia. Behind, and j)artly through these, climbs a very 

 old Noisette Rose — all that now remains of an arched trellis — producing 

 a vast number of bunches of white flowers, six or eight together, and 

 about lA in. or 2 in. across. The old gnarled stem of the Rose is 

 scarcely noticeable amongst those of the Thorns till it reaches the top 

 of them, whence it descends between the trees in a regular torrent of 

 blossom, in addition to occupying the topriiost boughs of the Cockspur 

 Thorn. The general effect is almost that of a large patch of snow 

 between two bright green hills — a combination very common in the 

 hio'her districts of Switzerland. A smaller plant of the same Rose has 

 recently been trained up a large Arbor-vitas which, from moving, has 

 lost its lower branches for some 4 ft. or 5 ft., and has its stem clothed 

 with Ivy. It is now festooned with snowy flo-\\-ers hanging down from 

 and against the dark green of the Arbor -vittx; and Ivy, forming a 

 charming contrast. It seems a great pity that we do not oftener thus 

 wed one tree to another — a stout and strong to a slender and clinging 

 one as Virgil in the " Georgics" talks of wedding the Vine to the Elm, 

 as is, I lielieve, done to this day in Italy. 



